G/TBT/N/BHR/597  
1 April 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism  
Kingdom of Bahrain  
P.O. Box 5479  
Tel.: +973 17574881  
 Fax: +973 17530730  
E-mail: bsmd@moic.gov.bh .  
Web site: http://ww w.moic.gov.bh  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Plastic 
products (ICS: 83.140.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Technical Regulation for plast ic products  
6. Description of content:  This draft is an update to the National Technical Regulation that 
regulates the import, manufacture and use of plastic products, by specifying their 
environmental requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, protection of animal or plant life or health and the 
protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  National Technical Regulation for plastic products  
Description of the Ministerial Order : 
This draft document is an update to the National Technical Regulation in the Ministerial 
Order No (11)2019 regarding Plastic products Technical Regulation.  
This document regulates the import, manufacture and use of plastic products, by 
specifying the following:  
1. Requirements for installing the label on the product  
2. The term of the license  
3. License to import or manufacture  G/TBT/N/BHR/597  
 
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  4. Technical Requirements  
5. Responsibility of the economic operator  
6. Request for samples of products  
7. Label  
8. General Provisions  
English translation.  
The update includes the removal of the degradable plastic products list from the technical 
regulation and their inclusion in the guide to be issued by the regulators in the Kingdom 
of Bahrain, as well as the elimination of b iodegradable plastic products covered by the 
regulations such as shopping clothes, vegetables and fruits plastic bags, where a new 
decision will be raised by the World Trade Organization regarding the banning single -use 
plastic bags in the Bahraini market.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally six months after publication in the Official 
Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Email: bsmd@moic.gov.bh    
Website: http://www.moic.gov.bh